Meccha Chameleon awarded Steam's highest honor: a fast-follow AI ripoff that even uses the same name in some regions Scribble Hunt, who? GamesRadar · Jul 13
New Steam Machine red light warning isn't anything to worry about — an overzealous overheating warning is reportedly due to a BIOS bug Seeing a red light on your Steam Machine? Don't panic — it's most likely due to a bug that triggers a temperature warning to come on 'much earlier' than it should. TechRadar · Jul 13
Feeding my buddies to a tornado? This might finally be the ‘friendslop’ game for me I haven't enjoyed the genre much yet. Destructoid · Jul 13
Steam Machine compatibility checks are here, though not every game on the store enjoys a rating Apparently Valve is 'still learning' about compatibility for years-old games. PC Gamer · Jul 13
Palworld pulled in almost 900,000 players over the weekend, its second-highest peak ever Those are some fighting numbers. PC Gamer · Jul 13
Valve confirms Steam Machine red light overheating warning is showing earlier than it should; BIOS fix on the way — will raise temperature warning threshold to 100 Degrees Celsius Valve has confirmed that the Steam Machine's red light bar warning is being triggered prematurely. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 13
Palworld devs "had high expectations for 1.0," but with over 855,000 concurrent Steam players, lead says "this is staggering" Beating out Silksong, Slay the Spire 2, and Marvel Rivals' all time peaks GamesRadar · Jul 13
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was briefly unplayable over the weekend on PC despite being a single-player "offline" game "Can't play game in offline mode because I can't reach servers," one player said GamesRadar · Jul 13
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is the first Assassin's Creed game ever to hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, and it only took 3 days Ubisoft's new game is setting records on PC, it seems GamesRadar · Jul 13
Why are CS2 skins so expensive? The economics behind Counter-Strike's most expensive virtual items. Dot Esports · Jul 13
Dutch consumer group suing PlayStation argues the end of physical discs just proves its point: 'Sony alone decides what a game costs and even how long you are allowed to use it' Sony's facing a challenge Steam is better poised to handle. PC Gamer · Jul 12
2026's best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants 'to do a first-person game at some point' The designer of Esoteric Ebb guides us through the games on his PC. PC Gamer · Jul 12
Helldivers 2 dev cracks down on 'suspicious super credit activity', though it would help if earning premium currency wasn't so boring to begin with "We're starting to implement changes that will tackle issues like this." PC Gamer · Jul 12
Valve has rewired Counter-Strike 2's bomb to make it more spectacular, but potentially less deadly Bomb has been supplanted. PC Gamer · Jul 12
PC Gamer · Jul 11 Steam has raked in an estimated $11.1 billion gross revenue so far this year, says market analyst—its 'biggest-ever six months' PC gaming continues to embiggen.
GamesRadar · Jul 11 Steam refunds are "not for people to play games for free," says dev of short game who criticized Valve's system: "I'm 100% pro refund" "Many people think that I'm a complete a**hole now"
GamesRadar · Jul 11 "Sony waited for Rockstar to make the first move": Founding Xbox member warns against PlayStation's all-digital future, says "I trust" Steam games won't just disappear "Digital is convenient until someone else decides you've had enough"
PC Gamer · Jul 10 Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam The kids love Kenway.
Destructoid · Jul 10 Black Flag Resynced is Assassin’s Creed biggest Steam launch as the remake clocks in 50 percent more players than Shadows Deserved.
Destructoid · Jul 10 Ubisoft is spam-replying to negative Steam reviews on Black Flag Resynced, saying day-one DLCs are ‘optional extras’ The company is engaging in direct communication with community reviewers.
PC Gamer · Jul 10 Indie dev defends criticism of Steam refund abuse amid review bombing of his game: 'It's wrong to refund a game after having fun with it and completing it' Mateo Covic said his 'rage game' is actually doing quite well on Steam, and its refund rate is normal—but that wasn't his point.
GamesRadar · Jul 10 Steam has reportedly made Valve more money in the first half of 2026 than it did in all of 2020 – $11.1 billion and counting Valve is notably not selling the Steam Machine at a loss
Destructoid · Jul 10 Turns out selling other people’s stuff is hot business as Steam reportedly raked in $11 billion in the last six months Valve, you don't have to fix.
PC Gamer · Jul 10 'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship "Valve loves it when Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 throw customizable genitals at you in the first five minutes, but of course I can't."
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 10 Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues Steam made an estimated $11.1 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2026, according to estimates from research firm Alinea Analytics. That's more than it did in the entire pandemic-ridden year of 2020. In fact, even last year's holiday season made 8% less money than H1 2026, making…